Flexible network load balancing
US7590736B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1017
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an exemplary media implementation, one or more processor-accessible media include processor-executable instructions that, when executed, enable a system to facilitate actions including: operating network load balancing infrastructure in a first configuration; scaling out the network load balancing infrastructure; and operating the scaled-out network load balancing infrastructure in at least one other configuration. In another exemplary media implementation, one or more processor-accessible media include processor-executable instructions that, when executed, enable a system to be configured such that different percentages of system resources may be allocated to different network-load-balancing functions. In one embodiment, the scaling out includes moving at least a portion of network-load-balancing functionality from a device that executes host functionality to another device, that does not execute host functionality and routing network traffic from the other device to the host functionality executing on the device.
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